Advisory Board

Andrew Aken

Senior Sec Consultant / Interim Director of IT MicahTek, Inc.

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Andrew Aken

Company: MicahTek, Inc.

Dr. Andrew Aken is an established IT professional with over 15 years of executive leadership and consulting experience across multiple industries including cyber security, oil/gas, telecommunications, IT, internationalization, transportation, and higher education. Dr. Aken is a respected speaker and researcher on topics of cyber security, green IT, diversity, web content data mining, software engineering, entrepreneurship, and skills analysis. Prior to returning to the private sector, Dr. Aken had also won multiple teaching awards including Best Professor in Information Systems by the World Education Congress.

Jacqui Taylor

CEO FlyingBinary

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Jacqui Taylor

Company: FlyingBinary

Jacqui is an international web scientist recognised as one of the 100 most powerful UK entrepreneurs and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science in recognition of her international futurist work.
She is recognised as one of the Top Ten global IoT innovators and an independent industry analyst for the Internet of Things (IoT). She is one of four IoT leaders advising the European Commission on their IoT strategy in a GDPR enabled Europe.

Alfredo Ramirez

CEO Vyopta

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Alfredo Ramirez

Company: Vyopta

Alfredo Ramirez is a seasoned entrepreneur with direct experience in building early-stage software technology companies. Prior to Vyopta, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Reddwerks Corporation, an enterprise software company. He had previously co-founded Vitalz (a venture backed enterprise software company acquired by Oracle) and Daman Consulting (provider of application integration and business intelligence software solutions) and held positions at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) and Trilogy Software.

Daniel Burrus

CEO Burrus Research Associates, Inc.

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Daniel Burrus

Company: Burrus Research Associates, Inc.

Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world’s leading technology forecasters and innovation experts. He is the CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advances in technology driven trends to help clients profit from technological, social and business forces that are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.
He is a strategic advisor to executives helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times bestseller Flash Foresight, and his latest book The Anticipatory Organization.

Ian Moyes

Sales Director Natterbox Ltd

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Ian Moyes

Company: Natterbox Ltd

Ian is the Sales Director of Natterbox Ltd, having had a passion for tech and computing from the age of 14 and sales from the age of 20. He has been a guest blogger for many prominent tech sites and aims to learn and push his learnings in cloud computing to further the industry. Ian has been rated a #1 and top social influencer by many magazines.

Inmaculada Martinez

Chief Innovation Officer Deep Science Ventures

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Inmaculada Martinez

Company: Deep Science Ventures

Inma Martinez is an industry recognised Artificial Intelligence and Digital Scientist that pioneered 1:1 personalisation in the early days of the mobile Internet and also behind many other disruptive technologies (music and video mobile streaming, wearable technologies and the “connected car”). Her work and research in A.I. focuses on Man+Machine Cognition and the exploration of creative approaches to solving the problems of the future.

Richard Orme

CTO Photobox Group

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Richard Orme

Company: Photobox Group

Richard is the CTO of Photobox Group and he has over twenty years of experience in the area of software innovation, design, development lifecycle and delivery to market, focused on SaaS & eCommerce. Currently he is busy building a team of the brightest minds in machine learning and AI in Paris to create technologies that will change photo science, storytelling as well as the retail landscape once and forever.

Leyre Murillo Villar

CDO Data Control Lead BNP Paribas

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Leyre Murillo Villar

Company: BNP Paribas

With over nine years of international experience, Leyre Murillo Villar currently leads the Data Control Function within the Global Markets Chief Data Office. Murillo Villar started her career in practice before joining BNP Paribaas, after working in different teams across Audit, Risk, Finance, IT & Architecture, Compliance, Operations and Data Analysis areas.

Chieu Cao

Co-Founder and CMO Perkbox

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Chieu Cao

Company: Perkbox

Chieu Cao is the co-founder and CMO at Perkbox, the fastest growing employee benefits provider in the UK. In his company he works to push across the message of his company, hoping that more can be done for employer/employee relations through the power of rewards systems and work recognition.

Irwin Lazar

VP & Analyst Nermetes Research CISSP

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Irwin Lazar

Company: Nermetes Research CISSP

Irwin is the VP and Service Director for Nemertes Research. In his role, he leads research and consulting focused on unified communications and collaboration, digital workplace, mobility, contact center, and customer engagement.

Elka Popova

Elka is the VP and a Senior Fellow for Digital Transformation over at Frost & Sullivan. With 20 years of market analysis and strategic consulting experience, she has an in-depth understanding of market trends and competitive dynamics.

David Danto

Director of Emerging Technologies IMCCA

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David Danto

Company: IMCCA

David Danto has had over three decades of delivering successful business outcomes in media and collaboration technology. He is the Director of Emerging Technologies for the non-profit Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance, an award-winning blogger and contributor to technology publications and a frequent presenter at industry events.

David Naylor

Founder, Director Humanotics

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David Naylor

Company: Humanotics

David has over 25 years of commercial start-up, management consulting, operational leadership and partnering know-how, working globally across industry sectors. Currently, he is the founder, innovator, and director at Director Humanotics. David uses his PhD in AI to demystify complex Machine Learning technologies and enable businesses to realise the benefits of their use.

Andrei Luchici

Director Dacian Consulting Limited

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Andrei Luchici

Company: Dacian Consulting Limited

Andrei is an advisor, consultant, and director at Dacian Consulting Limited. He is also the co-founder of a consultancy helping companies on the road to AI and IoT. When he is not creating data solutions, he writes code that helps researchers in cell motility to understand how cells move and interact with each other.

Ben Taylor

Chief AI Officer & Co-Founder Ziff.AI

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Ben Taylor

Company: Ziff.AI

As Co-founder and Chief Data Officer at Ziff.Inc, Ben Taylor is incredibly passionate about machine learning. His life's mission is to further the boundaries of what is possible with data science and he is currently combining the power of genetic programming with deep learning to automate network design.

Ying Panagiotou

Head of Trading Capital.com

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Ying Panagiotou

Company: Capital.com

Ying is a fintech expert and an inspiration for women in finance. She is currently Head of Trading at Capital.com, a fintech start-up that harnesses the latest advancements in machine learning and AI to provide the ultimate trading experience.

Jurijs Rapoports

Cybersecurity Expert OWASP Foundation

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Jurijs Rapoports

Company: OWASP Foundation

Jurijs is a cybersecurity expert with a background in engineering, team leadership, and communication. At present, Jurijs is a Senior Security Engineer at X Infotech and a Chapter Leader at OWASP Foundation, a professional association centered on software security.

Kate Strachnyi

Advisory Program Manager Deloitte

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Kate Strachnyi

Company: Deloitte

Kate Strachnyi is the author of Journey to Data Scientist; which is essentially compilation of interviews that Kate herself conducted with over 20 data scientists with varied backgrounds. She is also the creator of Humans of Data Science (HoDS) - a project that works on showing the human side of data science (housed on her Story by Data YouTube channel).

Todd Wilms

Founder Consultants Collective

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Todd Wilms

Company: Consultants Collective

From his enterprise days helping some of the world's best known brands (PeopleSoft, PayPal, SAP) develop new products and new markets, to working directly with founders for their new ventures, Todd has seen several trends emerge as leaders look to bring their organisations to market. He is currently the lead of the Market Leadership practice for the Consultants Collective.

Ganesh Padmanabhan

VP Market Development CognitiveScale

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Ganesh Padmanabhan

Company: CognitiveScale

VP of Global Business Development and WW Marketing at CognitiveScale, Ganesh is a self-professed technologist, storyteller and speaker. He is currently helping to make AI radically simple and accessible for Enterprises at CognitiveScale.

Helena Schwenk

Research Manager, Big Data & Analytics IDC

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Helena Schwenk

Company: IDC

Helena Schwenk is a commercially driven data expert with over 20 years of industry experience. Former data warehousing and BI practitioner, Schwenk has spent the past 15 years specialising in data and analytics.

David Daly

Deal Assurance Manager Worldline Global

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David Daly

Company: Worldline Global

As Deal Assurance Manager at Worldline Global, David is responsible for implementing and running the Deal Assurance process for all large bids (typically over 10m). He is a member of the Atos Scientific Community, an Atos Distinguished Expert with a focus on Agile and DevOps, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, and a Chartered IT Professional.

Sandeep Raut

VP & Head Digital NIIT Technologies

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Sandeep Raut

Company: NIIT Technologies

Sandeep is a Digital Transformation, Analytics Big Data, Mobility and IoT evangelist. He has been named one of the Top 10 Global Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today by IDG, and is the Founder and CEO at Going Digital.

Yiannis Levantis

Former CIO Icopal

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Yiannis Levantis

Company: Icopal

Yiannis has worked for various large international conglomerates including Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline and Rolls Royce Plc. He has extensive experience in definition and execution of strategy and roadmaps to support business strategy and drive operational efficiencies. At present, he is a strategic advisor for blockchain and AI at the Dubai Centre for Risk and Innovation.

Peter James Thomas

Data expert Peterjamesthomas.com

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Peter James Thomas

Company: Peterjamesthomas.com

Peter is an award-winning Analytics and Data executive who has held the Top Data Job at either Group or Divisional levels since 2000. He is a globally recognised expert in Data Management, Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and driving business value via technology.

Richard Corbridge

CDIO Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust

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Richard Corbridge

Company: Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust

Richard Corbridge is Chief Digital & Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, one of the largest hospitals in the UK and one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe. He has specialised in IT development, procurement and implementation across national and local health care arenas in the UK for more than 20 years.

Donna Burbank

Managing Director Global Data Strategy

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Donna Burbank

Company: Global Data Strategy

Donna Burbank is a recognised industry expert in information management with over 20 years of experience in data management and enterprise architecture. She is currently the Managing Director of Global Data Strategy Ltd, an international data management consulting company.

Mark A. Hellbusch

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant GBProtect

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Mark A. Hellbusch

Company: GBProtect

Senior Cybersecurity and Risk Adviser with over 20 years of expertise, Mark leads and delivers cybersecurity strategic solutions that take best practices to a new level. He is currently the Information Security Officer and Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at GBProtect.

Mostafa Majidpour

Senior Data Scientist Meredith Corp.

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Mostafa Majidpour

Company: Meredith Corp.

A man with a passion in concept extraction and pattern discovery in data, Mostafa is a leading data scientist at Meredith Corporation, specialising in machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining and system identification. With his wide breadth of knowledge, Mostafa works to apply his methods on large scale data with Amazon Web Services.

Danny Flamberg

Principal Opera Solutions

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Danny Flamberg

Company: Opera Solutions

Danny Flamberg is a veteran marketing and advertising strategist and practitioner working with leading, insurgent and start-up brands around the world. He has been the Omnichannel Marketing Leader at Opera Solutions, EVP Managing Director at Publicis, Vice President of Global Marketing at SAP, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Digitas.

Richard Benjamins

Data and AI ambassador Telefonica

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Richard Benjamins

Company: Telefonica

Dr. Richard Benjamins is Data & AI Ambassador at Telefonica, LUCA. He is among the 100 most influential people in data-driven business (DataIQ 100), was Group Chief Data Officer at AXA, and worked for 10 years at Telefonica occupying several management positions related to Big Data and Analytics.

Richard Merrygold

Director Data Protection HomeServe

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Richard Merrygold

Company: HomeServe

An experienced Data Protection practitioner, Richard has spent the last 9 years working across
healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology and financial service sectors. Richard is currently Group Director of Data Protection and DPO for HomeServe plc.

Rebecca Wynn

Information Security & Data Protection Officer Matrix Medical Network

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Rebecca Wynn

Company: Matrix Medical Network

Dr. Rebecca Wynn is a big picture thinker with almost 20 years of experience in Information Security, Assurance & Technology. Wynn currently has enterprise-level responsibility for all data, security planning, implementation and overall security operations at Matrix Medical Networks.

Roberto Maranca

Data Excellence VP Schneider Electric

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Roberto Maranca

Company: Schneider Electric

With almost 25 years of experience in the world of IT and Data, Roberto has
spent most its working life with General Electric in their Capital Division. He is currently Chief Data Officer for their International Unit.

Mano Mannoochahr

CDIO General Electric

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Mano Mannoochahr

Company: General Electric

The Chief Information Officer at General Electric Transportation, Mano has spent his career driving business performance optimisation by implementing new technologies to the uninitiated in tech. Mano is also GEs Senior Vice President, using both positions to spearhead the companys digital transformation into the future.

Isaac Sacolick

Founder, CEO StarCIO

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Isaac Sacolick

Company: StarCIO

Isaac is a successful CIO who has led digital transformation, product development,
innovation, agile management, and data science programs in multiple organisations. He is the Founder and President of StarCIO, a consulting services firm.

Margaret Adam

Senior Program Director IDC

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Margaret Adam

Company: IDC

Margaret is a regular keynote summit presenter on topics including, but not limited to, partner of the future, next-generation partnering, cloud ecosystems, digital ecosystems, partner marketing innovation, startup collaboration and partner profitability. She is currently the Senior Program Director at IDC.

Jonathan Reichental

CIO Palo Alto

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Jonathan Reichental

Company: Palo Alto

Dr. Jonathan Reichental, currently the CIO for the City of Palo Alto, is a multiple award-winning technology leader whose 30-year career has spanned both the private and public sectors. In 2017, he was named one of the top 100 CIOs in the world.

Charles Givre

Lead Data Scientist Deutsche Bank

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Charles Givre

Company: Deutsche Bank

Charles Givre is a solutions-focused Senior Technical Executive and Data Scientist with more than 20 years of success across the technology, data science, Fintech, education, and cybersecurity industries. He is currently VP and Lead Data Scientist at Deutsche Bank.

Ryan Fay

Global CIO ACI Specialty Benefits

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Ryan Fay

Company: ACI Specialty Benefits

Ryan Fay is responsible for leading ACI Enterprises, Inc. global business and technology strategy. As Global CIO, Ryan leads a global team of multidisciplinary technology staff (comprising both ACI and acquisitions) spanning 170 countries communicating in over 180 languages.